Welcome to the Original Library Music Themes (v7)

Mr · May 13, 2018, 11:27:21 PM

Welcome!

Jimmy Rich · May 14, 2018, 10:13:29 PM

I'm back again, this time as Jimmy Rich not Sony Spy.

Specialty: Spider-Man / Prisoner / Doctor Who background music
Early-mid-60s British library, Conroy/BM/BMLP, JW Theme Music, big band bombast, early electronic

stackjackson · May 14, 2018, 10:27:38 PM

Welcome back Jimmy!

Greta · May 14, 2018, 11:50:34 PM

Nice to see you again JR.

Mr · May 15, 2018, 12:59:19 AM

Welcome back! It's a treat to see that Conroy blimp again

supaglam · June 02, 2018, 03:06:56 AM

Hi everyone, I have been browsing around the place for a while but, in all the confusion, I realised that I'd forgotten to create a profile. Problem fixed now.

stackjackson · June 02, 2018, 04:24:15 PM

Welcome supaglam. Glad you decided to create a profile

cratedigga · June 03, 2018, 05:52:58 PM

Proud and glad to be here, long life to this amazing site and to everyone!

mrmonarch · June 20, 2018, 08:20:10 PM

Long time lurker, took the plunge and registered. Love this forum. Hi to all.

Retronic · June 20, 2018, 08:53:33 PM

Welcome. y'all

Greta · June 22, 2018, 08:29:22 AM

I'm a bit late here, but welcome Cratedigga and MrMonarch.

puppy azzy · June 23, 2018, 03:06:42 PM

congratulations for this wonderful blog
I'm a bit confused because I can not understand the difference between the term "not library " and "library music" For example, I just downloaded and listened to the album shared by Greta in the Libray Music sector - CML 126 - Don Powell, Adolfo Waitzman , Franco Campanino - Theme With Variations - Sentimental Modern (1977): it contains some excerpts from soundtracks from the movies black emanuelle n2 / the climber la ragazza dalla pelle di corallo that according to my opinion should be included in the sector " not library "
Please explain the difference to me

Retronic · June 23, 2018, 03:30:29 PM

Many library records were used in films but as opposed to producers paying a composer to write music especially for the film. Lots of tracks are well known (ie, The Gonk used in Dawn of the Dead) but it is a library track first and foremost.

stackjackson · June 23, 2018, 05:02:00 PM

Quote from: puppy azzy on June 23, 2018, 03:06:42 PMcongratulations for this wonderful blog
I'm a bit confused because I can not understand the difference between the term "not library " and "library music" For example, I just downloaded and listened to the album shared by Greta in the Libray Music sector - CML 126 - Don Powell, Adolfo Waitzman , Franco Campanino - Theme With Variations - Sentimental Modern (1977): it contains some excerpts from soundtracks from the movies black emanuelle n2 / the climber la ragazza dalla pelle di corallo that according to my opinion should be included in the sector " not library "
Please explain the difference to me

That's a big topic, puppy azzy. A basic explanation can be found here => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_music

Mr · June 24, 2018, 10:43:02 AM

Quote from: Retronic on June 23, 2018, 03:30:29 PMMany library records were used in films but as opposed to producers paying a composer to write music especially for the film.

In Italy, the opposite is often the case too, like with this CAM LP; already composed scores intended for specific films or TV series saw reuse as library cues. This is pretty much never mentioned on the releases themselves, however.

What 'makes' this "library music" in this case is the fact that it was released as part of a series of library releases, see the sleeve for instance:

Also, most of these cues were never released anywhere else.